Eight CEOs whose protection is costing their companies big bucks

Under normal circumstances, being the CEO of a company is a tough gig. But when you are a tech giant running operations around the world, security — both at home and work — is paramount. So much so that companies like Amazon and Facebook shell out big bucks to keep their top executives safe. Combing through SEC filings for the last couple years, here's an estimate of what companies are paying in order to protect their top brass:

-Marc Benioff: While the Salesforce CEO made over $22 million in salary, one of the perks of the job also include the security and bodyguards tailing him that cost the company over a million in 2015.

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-Mark Zuckerberg: The Facebook CEO's travels around the world when promoting its various new arms have escalated the security costs for 2014.

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-Eric Schmidt: Before Google split to become Alphabet, it spent $303,142 to protect its chairman in 2014.

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-Tim Cook: The Apple CEO has brought in the big bucks, but has cost the company a fraction of that sum that it paid to protect him in 2015.

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-Jack Dorsey and Dick Costolo: Due to a mid-year CEO switch in 2015, Twitter split its security costs between former CEO Dick Costolo, who cost the company $43,424 to protect in 2015, while Jack Dorsey's security details cost $68,506.

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-Marissa Mayer: The said amount covered Yahoo CEO Mayer's security at business events and for business travel in 2014, but compared to her contemporaries, it is still a miniscule number.

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-Jeff Bezos: No surprise, in 2015, Amazon spent top dollar to provide security to its CEO who may have fi gured out virtual security, but still needs ample physical protection.

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-Larry Ellison: The sum includes the costs for Oracle founder's home security in 2015.